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Bhaja Govindam ( Seek Govinda Seek God ) 3/3 -long-
BHAJA GOVINDAM ( SEEK GOVINDA - SEEK GOD) III
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Verse 15:
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ANGAM GALITAM PALITAM MUNDAM
DASANAVIHEENAM JAATAM TUNDAM
VRIDHDHO YAATI GRIHEETWA DANDAM
TADAPI NA MUNCHATYAASHAAPINDAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
The body has become decrepit, the hair on the head has turned
completely gray; the mouth has become totally toothless; the
back is bent down and the old man cannot take even a step witout
the aid of his stick; yet he does not loosen even a bit, his hold
on the bundle of desires.
Verse 16:
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AGRE VAHNIH PRISHTE BHAANUH
RAATHROW CHUBUKASAMARPITAJAANUH
KARATALABHIKASHAS TARUTALAVAASAH
TADAPI NA MUNCHATYAASHAAPAASAH
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Homeless he is; his back is bent down with age. His body has lost its
heat and he has to warm himself before a fire or in the sun. Tree
is his only shelter; he lives by begging and by the crumbs thrown
into his palms by others; in the night he sleeps by holding his chin
on his knee ( because the back is bent and he cannot stretch himself
and lie down). Yet, he does not let and allow the grip of desires on
him loosen even a bit.
Verse 17:
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KURUTE GANGAASAAGARAGAMANAM
VRATAPARIPAALANAMATHAVAA DAANAM
JNANAVIHEENAH SARVAMATENA
MUKTIM NA BHAJATI JANMASATENA
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
One may have bathed in the holy Ganges or even in the Ganga Sagar;
he may have performed many charities and observed many vows; yet
unless one has glimpsed the Truth ( God), he will not gain
release even after a hundred lives. (note: this is the warning of
all the religions)
Verse 18:
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SURAMANDIRA TARUMOOLA NIVAASAH
SAIYAA BHOOTALAMAJINAM VAASAH
SARVAPARIGRAHA BHOGATYAAGAH
KASYA SUKHAM NA KAROTI VIRAAGAH
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Who can disturb the peace and happiness of a man if he has the true
spirit of renunciation and has controlled his desires, even if he be
the poorest, sleeping only in the temple halls and choultries or under
trees or on the bare ground and just with a deer skin to cover.
Verse 19:
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YOGARATO VAA BHOGARATO VAA
SANGARATO VAA SANGAVIHEENAH
YASYA BRAHMANI RAMATE CHITHAM
NANDATI NANDATI NANDATYEVA
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Whether one is immersed in yoga or is revelling in bhoga ( i.e, outward
enjoyment), whether he is enjoying himself in social company or has
retired into solitude, true happiness certainly cannot be his; but who
alone is revelling inwardly in Brahman, (wherever he be), he alone
will be truly happy and will verily enjoy.
Verse 20:
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BHAGAVADGEETA KINCHIDADHEETAA
GANGAAJALALAVAKANIKAA PEETAA
SAKRIDAPI YENA MURARISAMARCHAA
KRIYATE TASYA YAMENA NA CHARCHA
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Even a little study and understanding of the Bhagawad Gita, or
sipping of even a tiny drop of the waters of the holy Ganges or
even a little worship of Murari -- these will surely save one
from confrontation with death !
Verse 21:
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PUNARAPI JANANAM PUNARAPI MARANAM
PUNARAPI JANANEE JATARE SAYANAM
IHA SAMSAARE BAHUDUSTAARE
KRIPAYAA(A)PAARE PAAHI MURARE
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Undergoing the pangs of birth again and again, passing through the
throes of death again and again, lying in the mother's womb over
and over again, this process of samsara is hard to cross over.
Save me from it, Oh merciful Lord !
Verse 22:
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RATHYAACHARPATA VIRACHITAKANTHAH
PUNYAAPUNYA VIVARJITAPANTHAH
YOGEE YOGANIYOJITACHITHO
RAMATE BAALONMATTAVADEVA
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Clad in stray rags, treading the path beyond good and evil, caring for
neither earning merit by taking to good deeds nor stooping to do any
evil, and lost in meditation the yogi revels in the Supreme always,
lost to all outward norms and decorum -- his behaviour may look
prankish like that of a child or may be even queer like that of a
lunatic.
Verse 23:
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KASTWAM KOHAM KUTA AAYAATAH
KAA ME JANANEE KO ME TAATAH
ITI PARIBHAVAYA SARVAMASAARAM
VISWAM TYAKTWAA SWAPNAVICHAARAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Who are you ? Who am I ? From Where did I come ? Who is my mother, who is
my father ? -- enquire thus and you will, then realise that the entire
world of experience, all the worries and problems are but a dream, a
mere hallucination, born of imagination and delusion. With such a
realisation, you will be freed from the delusions of the world.
Verse 24:
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TWAYI MAYI CHAANYATRAIKO VISHNUH
VYARTHAM KUPYASI MAYYASAHISHNUH
BHAVA SAMACHITTAH SARVATRA TWAM
VANCHHASYASHIRAADYADI VISHNUTWAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
In you, in me and everywhere, there is but the one Vishnu, Mistakenly
viewing me with a sense of difference, you are ill-disposed towards me.
Try to see in all beings only the Vishnu who is your own self. Give up
your false and egoistic sense of separateness from other beings.
Cultivate a sense of kinship, unity and oneness with all.
Verse 25:
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SATROU MITRE PUTRE BANDHOU
MAA KURU YATNAM VIGRAHASANDHOU
SARVASMINNAPI PASYAATMAANAM
SARVATROTSRIJA BHEDAAJNYANAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do
not fritter away your mental energies in thoughts of friendship or
enemity. Seeking the Self everywhere, be amiable and equal-minded
towards all, treating all alike.
Verse 26:
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KAAMAM KRODHAM LOBHAM MOHAM
TYAKTWAA(a)TMAANAM PASHYATI SOHAM
AATMAJNANA VIHEENAA MUDAAH
TE PASYANTE NARAKANIGOODAAH
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Free yourself from lust, anger, greed and delusion. Contemplate on 'who
you are'. Enquire within yourself, who am I ? The fools who fail to
apprehend the Self are caught in hell-fire even here and now itself and
suffer torture.
Verse 27:
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GEYAM GEETAANAAMASAHASRAM
DHYEYAM SHREEPATIROOPAMAJASRAM
NEYAM SAJJANASANGE CHITTAM
DEYAM DEENAJANAAYA CHA VITTAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Recite the Gita; chant the thousand Names of the lord (Vishnu
Sahasranama), meditate ceaselessly on the Consort and Lord of Lakshmi,
lead the mind towards association with the good. Give away your wealth
in charity to those in need and who are poor.
Verse 28:
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SUKHATAH KRIYATE RAAMAABHOGAH
PASCHADDHANTA SHAREERE ROGAH
YADYAPI LOKE MARANAM SARANAM
TADAPI NA MUNJCHATI PAAPAACHARANAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
As readily as one takes to indulging in carnal pleasures, with the same
readiness alas! he is taken over by disease too. Even seeing death as
the inevitable and only end of all, man does not refrain from sinful ways.
Verse 29:
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ARTHAMANARTHAM BHAAVAYA NITHYAM
NAASTI TATAH SUKHALESAH SATHYAM
PUTHRAADAPI DHANABHAAJAAM BHEETIH
SARVATRAISHA VIHITA REETIH
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
It is wealth only that causes all harm and brings about one's ruin.
Bear this truth in mind always. Know that the pursuit of wealth does
not lead one to happiness at all. The rich fear and are afraid of their
own sons even. This is the outcome of riches anywhere and ever.
Verse 30:
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PRAANAAYAAMAM PRATYAAHAARAM
NITYAANITYA VIVEKAVICHAARAM
JAAPYASAMETA SAMAADHIVIDHAANAM
KURVAVADHAANAM MAHADAVADHAANAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Regulated breathing and sense control, discrimination between the
Enduring and the fleeting, the eternal and the transient, Japa and
meditation, and submerging of the bodily and mental consciousness in
the Consciousness of the Spirit, merging oneself into the total Inner
Silence -- one must practice these with unrelenting fervour.
Verse 31:
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GURUCHARANAAMBUJA NIRBHARABHAKTHAH
SAMSAARAADACHIRAADHAVA MUKTHAH
SENDRIYA MAANASA NIYAMAADEVAM
DRAKSHYASI NIJAHRIDAYASTHAM DEVAM
(BHAJA GOVINDAM, BHAJA GOVINDAM........)
Surrender yourself to the Lotus Feet of the Teacher; with your senses
and mind disciplined, and freed from the shackles of Samsara you will
behold the Lord who is seated in your heart.
"Seek Govinda, Seek the God, Bhaja Govindam", in this refrain
comprising of two words, Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada, has summed up in a
nutshell as it were, the entire preaching of Vedanta and religion for
the redemption of mankind. It gives us the key for entering into the
realm of Bliss, the abode of Govinda and for terminating the misery of
life we are in at present.
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Note : This article has been compiled from Sri Satya Sai Pre Sevadal
Course Material.
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